Wow this week there was 4 of us in our house...first week of the new cambio...it was crazy. We had an awesome week. Monday was a bit crazy because we didn't get our p-day. We had to prepare everything for the other Hermana's and then we finally got to write and do everything and then the Hermana's got here around 6. So we helped them. It was so cute. Hermana Guaman and Hermana Carter are our new roommates. Hermana Guaman is from Ecuador and Hermana Carter is from Utah and she is brand new. Hermana Carter was so cute. She was just so surprised and loving everything. She was looking around the whole house and it was so cute. That night we got out to work and we had a family home evening with Familia Aguilera. We took the other Hermana's so that they could start to get to know differente familias. It was super fun.
We had a great lesson by Analia, the daughter who just got home from her mission, and we played games and ate pizza. It was super great. Tuesday we had a full day of work. We had great lessons too. We taught Guadalupe. She is super great. She has been struggling to find her answer on whether our church is true. So we have been trying to help her recognize what the spirit is and why it is important we come to church. Satan has been working really hard to not let her come to church because every time she has tried something bad has happened to her. So now she is scared to try. But we told her its because Satan knows that this is the true church and so we told her we were going to visit her everyday until she comes to church to make sure she can go. We asked her to give us this time to visit her, 10 minutes everyday. She agreed. So everyday we passed and she wasn't home. Everyday. But Sunday we passed in the morning to get her! And she...
But yeah also on Tuesday we found this cute little family. So a mom was sitting outside with her baby and we had just left a lesson and starting to talk to her. She let us sit down and we offered a prayer. So we taught her and she told us that she had just moved to Oviedo with her husband and that she was looking for a church to join. But that she never ever leaves the house. But that day she decided to leave and we happened to walk by. I know it was the spirit because we had other plans but we felt we needed to visit this one less active members on that street and only shared with her for 10 minutes but then left and found Mirium, the lady to whom we were talking. We told her it wasn't a coincidence and that Heavenly Father wants her to have these blessings in her life.
On Wednesday it was fun because we got to leave with Analia. She just got home from her mission but she decided to move to Brazil so we told her she had to leave with us before she goes to Brazil and she agreed. So we went to visit people. We had great lessons. We found a girl named Tania. She doesn't have a religion and she has all the right questions. It is super great. But she is a tad bit closed because her mom is super religious. But she doesn't like the religion of her mom. So we taught her and she agreed to pray and ask if it is true. On thursday our day was not what we planned. We were in our studies when all of a sudden we got a call that Elder Rasband, a member of the 12 apostles, was in Paraguay and was going to be giving a broadcast on the radio at 11. So we needed to leave and to invite everyone to listen and then we got to listen. It was a question and answer where a whole bunch of different religious leaders got together and asked him a ton of questions about the church. It was super cool because you could tell he had to spirit with him. People where asking really confrontational questions but he answered everything so great because it was what God wanted. It was awesome.
Okay so then do you remember Mirium? So we had plans to pass and teach her again but because we were listening to the broadcast we couldn't. So we had to pass later for her. It was super funny because her husband was outside. We started talking to him and they invited us to sit down and teach. But what was super great was that they never leave the house, like she had told us, but they were sitting outside and were about to go in and lock up for the night when they felt the need to stay out just a little bit longer. And that's when we came. We told them it was the spirit because Heavenly Father wants them to hear our message. So we taught the husband too and it was so great. They are vasos escogidos. They are the first people I have met in Paraguay that hasn't said oh yeah I'm gonna try to come to church, yeah maybe, yeah if God wants me to, yeah but I'm not promising because I don't want to lie. They said yes we promise to come. It was super awesome! However, spoiler they didn't come because it rained super hard on Sunday and they don't have a car or moto and they have a 4 year old and a 1 month year old. So that was unfortunate. But I know that they were going to.
On Friday we had intercambios with las Hermana's in Caaguazu Rama 3. Hermana Ostvig and her trainee Hermana McDougal. It was super great. Hermana Ostvig used to be my companion so it was awesome to be able to see her again. I stayed in Oviedo with Hermana McDougal. She is brand new and it reminded me of my training. It was awesome to see how she was trying really hard to speak in the lessons and learn and it was awesome to see her power to work even though she wasn't comfortable with her Spanish. We had a lesson with a lady named Evelin. We had found her a while ago but hadn't been able to find her again. I felt the impression to go and teach her so we walked over to her house. She let us in right away. She had a lot of questions about the Book of Mormon. So we started teaching her. It was a spiritual lesson. She had lots of questions about what is the Book and why we have it. I felt bad for Hermana McDougal because she was so lost. She had no idea what was going on, reminded me of my training. You can ask my trainer about the Key story with Juan. I might have even told it in my past emails. But Hermana McDougal was pretty lost but when it was her turn to talk she explained what the Book of Mormon was and then testified and it was very powerful. You could feel the spirit very strong. It was super fun.
On Saturday we had a lesson very very powerful with Wilma y Alberto. They aren't completing their little commitments and so we had to tell them the importance of why. It is sad because I love them so much. They are super great and we get along really well. It turns out they don't even like each other. They are only together because they are bored and don't want to be alone but they have no feelings whatsoever. They actually drive each other insane. So we also had to talk about that a little bit.
Now Sunday. This is where my subject line comes in.
We had lunch and when we were sharing a scripture after Hermana Gomez was flipping through her scriptures and almost shared one in Moroni but right before she started sharing changed to Helaman 5:12. We shared and at the end the Hermana was crying. She said she was praying that we would share her favorite scripture and we did. It was a small moment but a big testimony builder that God hears and answers even our littlest prayers. But after that we had a lesson on the other side of our area. Super super far away. So then we had to walk all the way over their. We had a lesson with a lady named Blanca. She is super great. She has really good questions and wants to know the truth. We taught the Book of Mormon and she was super interested. She said her ancestors always talked about how a white God came to visit but the Bible never talked about it. So it was a really great lesson. It was special to me because I felt the spirit guiding me in exactly what I needed to say to answer all her questions.
But when we were leaving, this lady lives by a forest and in the forest was a little piglet who was tied to a tree but was caught in a bush and was squealing really bad. So I was like we got to save it! So I ran over and the pig started freaking out. But I was trying to free its leash. It was trying to attack me and it was screaming bloody murder. But at last I got it free and that is all in a days work for a pig hero jaja. But seriously I know that this church is true. I know the work I have been called to do is the Lords work and that I am here to represent Him. I love my Savior and His perfect plan. Keep the chin up! This week is gonna be even better.--
To Heaven and Back!
Hermana Davis
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